Nose pad with attaching means



March 1, 1949. LCO 2,463,041

NOSE PAD WITH ATTACHING MEANS Filed March 6, 1946 Patented Mar. 1, 1949NOSE PAD WITH ATTACHING MEANS Robert L. Malcom, Chicago, Ill., assignorto Chicago Eye Shield Company, a corporation of Illinois ApplicationMarch 6, 1946, Serial No. 652,373

7 Claims.

This invention relates to nose pads for glasses and finds particularutility in glasses of the type used for industrial purposes.

In present day glasses of this type thelens receiving rims arepermanently connected by a bridge member and the nose pads arepermanently secured thereto. Thus, upon breaking of a nose pad or uponthe requirement of a different size or shape nose pad, it is extremelydifiicult to replace. The permanent connection between the bridge memberand the nose pad is materially weakened if a substitution is attemptedand usually it is necessary to substitute an entirebridge memberincluding nose pads.

Also, in present day glasses the stocking problem is quite acute becauseof varying sizes and shapes of the noses of various individuals.Different shaped and sized nose pads and difierent shaped and sizedbridge members are required and since these are permanently assembled ahuge stock of assembled parts is required.

The principal object of this invention is to avoid the abovedifficulties by providing nose pads of varying size and shape that maybe used with bridge members of varying size and shape and which permitsready and convenient substitution of nose pads without in any wayweakening the connection between the pads and the bridge member.

In carrying out this object of the invention the bridge members ofvarying size and shape which connect the lens receiving rims are madesubstantially identical adjacent the lens receiving rims and areprovided with an enlarged portion at each of these points provided witha. hole therein. The nose pads of varying size and shape are providedwith a portion to overlie the enlarged portion of the bridge member andalso with a securing hole to coincide with the hole in the bridgemember. The nose pads are also:

provided with a flanged portion to fit the contour of the enlargedportion of the bridge member and a portion of the lens receiving rim andto partially encompass a portion of the bridge member. These portions ofthe nose pads are to the accompanying specification, claims, anddrawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the glasses ofthis invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line4-4 of Fig. 1.

The glasses include a pair of lens-receiving rims ill for receiving apair of lenses H. The lemreceiving rims H! are connected by a bridgemember I2. Suitable bows l3 may be pivotally connected as at I4 to thelens-receiving rims [0 for holding the glasses in place upon the wearer.The nose pads are designated at 15 and are secured to the bridge member[2. If desired the glasses may be provided with side shields l6 suitablysecured to the lens-receiving rims Ill.

The bridge member l2 may be welded or soldered to the lens-receivingrims l0, and adjacent the junctures between the bridge member l2 and therims ID the bridge member may be enlarged as at I! and the enlargementsmay be provided with a screw threaded hole [8. Although the bridgemember [2 may be made of varying size and shape, the enlarged portionsI1 thereof and. the portions of the bridge member adjacent the enlargedportions are preferably made substantially identical regardless of thesize and shape of the bridge member.

The nose pads 15 are preferably made of plastic or other similarmaterial and are provided with a raised nose-engaging portion [9 and aportion 20 which overlies and corresponds to the enlargement I! of thebridge member I2.

The overlying portion 20 is provided with a countersunk hole 2| whichcoincides with the screw threaded hole IS in the enlargement H. A screw22, threaded in the hole l8, secures the pad I5 to the enlargement I1and because of the nature of the screw and the countersunk hole 2| inthe pad [5, cracking of the pad I5 is prevented.

The pad I5 is also provided with a flanged portion 23 which fits thecontour of the enlarged portion I! of the bridge member and this flangedportion may extend as at 24 to fit the contour of a portion of thelens-receiving rim ill. The pad is also provided with flanged portions25 and 26 which partially encompass a portion of the bridge l2 adjacentthe enlargement II. By reason of these flanged portions 23, 24, 25 and26 of the nose pad l5 fitting the contour of the enlargement H, thelens-receiving rim l0 and a portion of the bridge member I2, rotation ofthe nose piece l5 about the securing screw 22 is entirely prevented sothat a rigid construction is provided even though only one screw isutilized for securing the nose pad to the bridge member.

The size and shape of the nose-engaging portion 19 of. the nose pad [5may be made difierently to fit thenose of the wearer but the overlyingportion 20 and the flanged portions 23, 24, and 26 are madesubstantially identical re'-- gardless of the size and shape 01 thenose-engaging portion I9. In this way variousnose pads l5 may beinterchangeably applied tothe-bridge member I2. With this invention itis therefore possible to readily interchange nose pads of varying sizeand shape on bridge members of' varying size and shape merely by themanipulation of a. single securing screw and in .;case of failure of anose pad or in'case of a; desire to change nose pads, new nose pads maybe readily substituted. In this way stacking of a number of bridgemembers of varying size and shape with nose pads of varying size andshapeis no longer required;

While for purposes of illustration one form of this invention has beendisclosed, other forms thereof may become apparent to those skilled inthe art uponreference to' this: disclosure, and, therefore, thisinvention is to be limited only by the scope of. the appended claims.

I claim as my" invention:

1. Anosepad, for glasses having lens-receiving rims and'a-bridge memberconnecting the rims and having enlarged portions adjacent the rimsprovided with a hole, comprising, a pad member having a raised portionto fit the nose of the wearer, a portion to overlie one of the enlargedportions of the bridge'member and having a securing hole to coincidewith the hole in said enlarged portion of the bridge member, and aflanged portion to fit the-contour of said enlarged portion of thebridge member to prevent rotation of the pad member about the securinghole.

., wearer, a portion to overliebrieiof the enlarged portions of thebridge member and having a securinghole tocoincide withth'e'hole in saidenlarged. portion of the bridge member, and a flanged: portion to-fitthe contour of a portion of 2. Anosepad, forglasses havinglens-receiving,

rims and a bridge member connecting the rims and having enlargedportions adjacent the rims providedwith a hole, comprising, a pad memberhaving a raised portion to fit the nose of the wearer, a portion tooverlie one of the enlarged portions of the bridge member and having asecuring hole to coincide withthe hole in said enlarged portion of thebridge member, and a flanged portion tc-fit the contour. ofsaid enlargedportion of the bridge member and a portion of one of the-lens-receivingrims to preventrotation of the pad member about the securing hole.

3. A nose pad, for glasses having lens-receiving rims and a bridgemember connecting the rims and having enlarged portions adjacent therims provided with a hole, comprising, apad member having: a raisedportion to fit the nose of the wearer, a portion to overlie one of theenlarged portions of the bridge member and having a securing hole tocoincide with the hole in said enlarged portion of the bridge member,and a one of the lens-receiving rims to prevent rotation of the padmember about the securing hole.

5. A nose pad, for glasses having lens-receiving rims and a bridgemember connecting the rims and having enlarged portions adjacent therims provided with a hole, comprising, a pad member having araisedlportion to fit the nose of the wearer, a portion to overlie one of theenlarged portions of the bridge member and having a securing holetocoincide with the hole, in said enlarged portion of the bridge member,and a flanged portionvto partially encompass a portion of the bridgemember to prevent rotation of the pad member about the securing hole.

6. A nose pad, for. glasses having lens-receiving rims. and. a bridgemember connecting the rims and. having enlargedportions' adjacent therims provided with a holecomprising, a pad member having a raisedportion to fit the nose of the wearer, a-portion to overlie one of theenlarged portions of the bridge member and having a securing hole tocoincide with the hole in said enlarged portion of the bridge member,and a flanged portion to fit the contour of a portion of one of thelens-receiving rims and to partially encompass a portion of the bridgemember to prevent" rotation of the pad member about the securing hole.

7. A nose pad, for glasses having lens-receiving rims and a bridgemember connecting the rims and having enlarged portions adjacent therims provided with a hole, comprising, a pad member having a raisedportion to fit the nose of the wearer, a portion to'overlie one of theenlarged portions of the bridge member and having a securing hole tocoincide with the hole in said enlarged portion of the bridge member,and a flanged portion to fit the contour of said enlarged portion oi thebridge member and a portion of' one of. the lens-receiving rims and topartially encompass a portion of the bridge memher topreventrotationofthepad member about the securing hole. 7

ROBERT L. MALCOM.

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